Natalie's accent
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spmaher91 — 12 years ago(November 21, 2013 02:05 PM)
I've only ever heard Micheal Caine do an American accent in 2 films (The Cider House Rules and On Deadly Ground) and in both of them his American accents were horrible. Offhand, I can think of a few English actors that can do brilliant American accents though like, Hugh Laurie, Daniel Day-Lewis and Christian Bale. But there are also plenty of American actors that can pull off various English accents. Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Dinklage all do a pretty good job.
The Irish accent, however. very few American actors can seem to get that right. -
JimSpy — 11 years ago(November 15, 2014 10:36 AM)
That is not my experience at all. I've been fooled by
many
British actors, especially lately. Hugh Laurie is an example - didn't know he was British till I saw him interviewed. Another is Jamie Bamber of
Battlestar Galactica.
http://www.imdb.com/board/20051397/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t3
The most notable exception would have to be Michael Caine in Around the Bend
http://www.imdb.com/board/10384810/combined
. Dreadful! And I think he knew it.
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dcw-12 — 13 years ago(January 23, 2013 07:18 AM)
I'm English and I thought her accent was apropo. Unbeknownst to most Americans the English accent is quite diverse, and diverse enough to include Natalie's accent in. I've heard Devonshire lasses who sound more 'American' than British. The stilted 'Queen's' English is actually fairly uncommon and not the norm.
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mica404 — 12 years ago(April 22, 2013 01:29 PM)
Pretty much this. Natalie's accent was off if she was aiming for BBC English, but there are just so many accents that unless you are Dick Van Dykeing it (over the top bad cockney) or missing any accent by miles (Keanu Reeves perhaps), you will be close enough.
There are plenty of regional accents in the US, but the size of the country over here and the way the accents evolved means that these days a room with 10 people and 10 different accents is not slightly unusual. They also change over time to the point you have no exact accent.
One example I always find funny, was two college friends from the center of Glasgow coming to the south to study. It took me about 3 months to tune properly into their accents to the point here I got everything they said. When I told them this they laughed and explained that back home their friends had started to mock them about how soft their accents had become. -
cian_jm — 12 years ago(August 01, 2013 12:57 AM)
I thought it sounded alright if she was trying to sound like a fairly well-spoken proper woman, which I think she was. I'm not English, I'm Irish but I still hear a lot of authentic British accents on a daily basis.
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DevilYouKnow — 11 years ago(May 04, 2014 05:18 PM)
Agreed. It was simply awful.
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itsjordand — 12 years ago(November 08, 2013 07:08 PM)
as another poster said its not the best British accent ever, however seeing as her overall performance was brilliant in my opinion its not a problem, i mean in one scene shes on the floor literally crying with emotion and still holding the accent, so i must say outstanding acting, this is the film that's really brought me to admire her, once you get into the movie you get over it.
i would like to add that seeing as she was dedicated enough to shave her hair off then i think she would of been dedicated enough to do the accent so it really must be hard to maintain a foreign accent even for a top level actor or actress. -
calcaneus67 — 12 years ago(March 06, 2014 11:54 PM)
I wouldn't dare go so far as saying British actors are absolutely great at American actors, some are better than others, but the Brits aren't as noticeable as Australian actors whose attempts at doing American actors usually stand out like a sore thumb. Usually foreign actors improve their American accents after they have lived in the USA for a few years although Roddy McDowall never seemed to have a convincing Yank accent despite living there for decades.